Oscar In Africa by Harry Castlemon

“”Who is he, anyhow? Where does he hail from, and what is he doing here?”
“The speaker leaned over the little bar in the hotel at Maritzburg, and looked first at the landlord who stood behind it and then at half a dozen roughly dressed companions who were congregated in front of it.
“These men were cattle-dealers and speculators. They made it a business to furnish oxen, wagons, supplies, and servants to hunters and travellers who were bound up the country.” -an excerpt